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==== British Isles ====
* [[Battle of Hingston Down]]: [[Ecgberht, King of Wessex]], leads his men to defeat a combined force of [[Cornish people|Cornish]] and Danish [[Vikings]] at [[Hingston Down]] in [[Cornwall]].<ref>Charles-Edwards, pp. 428–31; Padel, "Cornwall", Davies, p. 342; Stenton, p. 235.</ref>
* King [[Fedelmid mac Crimthainn]] of [[Munster]] calls for a great royal meeting at [[Kildare]] (''Cluain-Conaire-Tommain'') between himself and King [[Niall Caille]] of [[Uí Néill]].<ref>[[Annals of Inisfallen]], 838. Seán Mac Airt, The Annals of Innisfallen Dublin: 1951 available at [http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100004/index.html UCC Celt Website].</ref>
* Approximate date &ndash; The [[Stone of Scone|Stone of Destiny]], an oblong block of red [[sandstone]], is placed at [[Scone Palace]] for the [[coronation]] of the first [[List of Scottish monarchs|monarchs of Scotland]].